This member of the Dioscoreaceae family was
given this name by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1950. It is found in
South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania, growing in a rich and well
drained soil with some water and some sun, but only in winter. The
caudex can grow to 80 centimetres in diameter and is said to reach
three meters in height. The vines reaches eight metres. The flowers
are brownish green.